Get Rich or Rent Trying is the real estate podcast from Richard Alvarez, Associate Broker at Team Modern X (Jason Mitchell Real Estate NY), with co-hosts Ohizua Russel, a real estate broker, and Sergio Lopez, a mortgage loan officer. Three people who buy, sell, finance and negotiate New York homes every week, talking through what actually happens in deals: how homes get priced on Long Island, what lenders really look at, where investors are finding returns, and the mistakes that cost buyers and sellers real money.
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Episodes
- Get Rich or Fit Trying: Why Health Is the Real Wealth (October 6, 2026): why your body is the first investment, not the last; Richard’s 40-pound year, the $100 gym bet that made it stick, and the habits that carry over into business. Watch on YouTube.
- Personal Finance Tips Credit Card Companies Don’t Want You to Know (October 2, 2026): the money habits that decide whether you can buy and keep a home, from the car payment lenders notice first to the refinance-to-pay-off-cards treadmill. Watch on YouTube.
- Long Island Has NO Homes Left (September 21, 2026): why inventory stays this tight across Nassau and Suffolk, and what it means if you are trying to sell or buy this year. Watch on YouTube.
- Protect Your Investment Properties from Squatters (September 17, 2026): what New York landlords can and cannot do, and how to reduce the risk before it starts.
- Buy and Hold Real Estate Is the Gateway to Wealth (September 14, 2026): the case for holding property in the New York market, and the numbers behind it.
- Episode One (September 13, 2026): who we are, why we started the show, and what we cover.
Show notes and key takeaways for each episode are published on this site as they air.
The hosts
- Richard Alvarez: Licensed Associate Broker with Team Modern X at Jason Mitchell Real Estate NY, based in West Hempstead. Sells across Long Island and the five boroughs, in English and Spanish. About Richard.
- Ohizua Russel: real estate broker at Team Modern X, working alongside Richard on the team’s sales.
- Sergio Lopez: mortgage loan officer, the show’s voice on financing, rates and what lenders actually require.
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